Girls' name · since 2014
Rilah
80 babies named Rilah in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,762 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rilah is the #10762 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 80 recorded since 2014.
Social Security Administration records show Rilah recorded 80 times among girls since 2014, holding rank #10762 nationally today, ahead of 38% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #29,659 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,762 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 80 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rilah ranks #29,659 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,762 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 80 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,762 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rilah's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rilah compares
80 21st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rilah's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 80 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rilah splits its recorded history at 2022: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Rilah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (69 births, 86% of the file).
2020s was Rilah's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Rilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 69 births (86% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rilah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.